alsmithfoundation

Committed to those who are the most in need and the least visible to society, the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation provides yearly financial support to not for profit organizations working with children who are impoverished, neglected, abused, emotionally troubled and physically handicapped. Founded by His Eminence, Francis Cardinal Spellman in 1946, to honor the memory of Alfred Emanuel Smith, New York's renowned Governor and patron of the "Little People."